Friday, May 15, 2009

CSM and a Clipped Carbon Blanket

I just posted the spring delivery of songs for my CSM* so I thought I'dpost a clip of one of the songs, a couple lyrics and thoughts about thesongs.

"I am standing, wind tearing through the fieldsLeaves are flying overs hills and down the valleysI need to meet you, the ground is aching to be healedShe's speared with iron, choked in rust and a carbon blanket"(From Carbon Blanket)

I've played this song at three shows now -- the JRL Farewell gig,Bluffton University and the OCP. It seems to really take off in a livesetting. It's a a series of prayer images wrung from someone who is notas young as they once were, but who isn't finished yet either.

* Bryan Moyer Suderman started the Community Supported Music initiative. In a nutshell it's a way for people to support an artist and geta glimpse into their creative process and download work before itbecomes public. Christa and I set up CSArts groups in 2008. I have asmall membership that's slowly growing. Find out more communitysupportedarts.com or follow the CSM link on my website. If you join the CSM in May or June you get a free cd.

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A love for the arts, connecting people and seeing them grow is behind much of what I do. Songwriting is my main artistic focus and has been part or all of my income for many years. Leadership development work with small emerging organizations has been most of the rest. Some friends and I started the Dandelion Seed Company artists network to help artist grow. We have been very small and organic for a decade and are now expanding.